WHO IS NIS­HANT?

Nis­hant Sharma had al­legedly at­tacked Jag­tar Singh Hawara, assassin of former Pun­jab chief min­is­ter Beant Singh, dur­ing Hawara’s ap­pear­ance in court. A Kharar res­i­dent, mid­dle-aged Sharma is fac­ing sev­eral charges of cheat­ing and land grab. He is be­lieved to be in­volved in more than 30 cases rang­ing from frauds to land grabs. Nis­hant has claimed his as­so­ci­a­tion with Shiv Sena (Hin­dus­tan) and Hindu Su­rak­sha Samiti.